Most people think a person’s taste in food is so unique and random that it could

    Most people think a person’s taste in food is so unique and random that it couldn’t possibly reveal anything about his/her character.

    But other subtle(奇妙的) things that people do can help us make up our mind about a person’s character. Should we really be so quick to dismiss what a person eats?

    Dr. Alan Hirsch is a US neurologist (神经科医生) who specializes in the treatment of people who lose their sense of smell or taste.

    In order to investigate the possible link between people’s choices of snack food and personality, Hirsch quizzed a sample of 19, 400 people. He made all participants undergo two well-known personality tests.

    These tests define each of the volunteers according to widely accepted personality categories. Hirsch could then check his own results against these in order to find interrelation between their choice of snack food and personality type.

    Hirsch also tested the volunteers on questionnaires designed to assess depression, because depressive illnesses are known to coincide with losses of sensation and preferences for certain foods.

    The volunteers were then tested on their preference for snack foods and the pleasure value they assigned to each food. Hirsch also quizzed married partners on their choices to find out how people with different food choices differed in their compatibility (兼容性) for each other.

    The study revealed surprising links between perfectionism and the urges to chew tortilla (玉米饼) chips and even a connection between introversion (内向) and the consumption of cream crackers.

    Dr. Hirsch used the same technique of testing for associations between different personality types and the flavors of ice cream people prefer.

    Finally, while some will feel this test provides a good assessment of their personality, others will disagree with the assessment.

56. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A. the author agrees with the opinion of most people

B. we should dismiss what a person eats

C. the author doesn’t agree with what most people said

D. everyone’s character is so unique and random

57. Dr. Alan Hirsch drew his conclusion by _______.

A. giving his participants tests

B. following his participants

C. offering his participants special food

D. treating his participants as patients

58. Dr. Alan Hirsch’s research proves that _______.

A. there are two well-known personality tests on earth

B. depressive illnesses coincide with losses of sensation

C. volunteers are eager to know their own characters

D. what one eats connects with one’s personality

59. The best title for the text should be _______.

A. Dr. Alan Hirsch

B. Flavor and Personality

C. An Interesting Research

D. Believe It or Not

试题答案

56.解析：选C。细节理解题。从第二段最后一句可知，作者并不同意大多数人的看法。划线部分的意思：难道我们就应该这么快不再考虑人们所吃的东西了吗？dismiss不再考虑。

57.解析：选A。细节理解题。从第四段内容可知。

58.解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第五、六段中介绍的Dr. Alan Hirsch 所做的研究结果可知，口味和个性之间是有联系的。

59.解析：选B。主旨大意题。文章主要阐述个人口味与个性之间的关系，故选B项。